Faculty of Law
Department of Law
The Department of Legal Studies with a special emphasis on THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE, provides high-quality advanced legal education and education in human rights, comparative constitutional law, and international business law. Its programs are among the finest enabling students to obtain a solid grounding in fundamental legal concepts in civil law and common law systems and to develop unique skills in comparative analysis. Our students are encouraged to see complex legal and social problems in their broader context and seek solutions across continents and disciplines.
We also provide an opportunity for students to become familiar with Therapeutic Jurisprudence which is an interdisciplinary field of philosophy and practice that examines the therapeutic and anti-therapeutic properties of laws and public policies, legal and dispute resolution systems, and legal institutions. It values psychologically healthy outcomes in legal disputes and transactions, without claiming exclusivity in terms of policy objectives.
We are happy to announce the new LLM (Master of Law) programme . The one-year course offers highly qualified and intellectually outstanding students the opportunity to pursue their legal studies at an advanced level in a challenging and supportive environment.
An LLM, From Azteca University, North America is a degree awarded to those already holding a professional law degree, who have completed advanced education and research in a particular area of law. Lawyers may choose to pursue LLM programs to gain expertise in a specific sector, for career advancement, and to build a professional network.
CHAIRMAN MEDICINA AND HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE CENTRE
Senior Professor Prof. Lakshman Madurasinghe is the Senior International Governor Legal AUGP USA : Global Legal Advisor Vaamaa Forex Holding LLC – The Pintus Group. He is the Chairman Medicina Alternativa, and Global Consortium of Science and Technology. He is a Senior Full Professor at Azteca University, North America and Director of Legal at AUGP Consultany LLC , USA.
Prof. Lakshman Madurasinghe MSc., PhD., DBA.,DSc., D Litt (USA), Attorney-at-Law., Senior Scholar Institutio Balear de la Historia (Spain)., Fellow Cambridge International Academics, Milton, Cambridge, England, is a Lawyer and a Behavioural Scientist who is a strong advocate of Therapeutic Jurisprudence with graduate and postgraduate research in law at Cambridge and Japan. He is the Secretary General of the Chamber of Chartered Java Professionals int Greece. Prof.Lakshman is a Member of the Academic Board of EDU.int formed by a treaty, accredited to the European Parliament. He is a Professor of La at GUST and Amity USA. He is also an Honorary fellow Member – of the Institute of Company & Commercial Accountants, Nigeria (ICCA).
Member International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence. Professor is also a Member of the World Jurist Association, Washington DC; the International Bar Association London, Bar Association of Sri Lanka, and the Colombo Law Society.
Academic Staff
Department of Law
D. Laksiri Mendis (Head of Faculty)
LLB (Cey)., M Phil ( Cantab), PhD., Attorney-At-Law
Dilrukshi Somasundaram (Lecturer and Coordinator)
Attorney -at-Law, Academic M.Phil/PhD (Reading) (University of Colombo), LL.M (Hons) (UK), LL.M (SL), LLB ( Hons) (UK)
Avramia Sterpi (Faculty Members)
Lawyer., LLB (Hons) ( Athens Law School, University of Athens), MBA ( Cardiff Metropolitan University UK- reading)
“Advanced Studies in Therapeutic Jurisprudence” is a course, designed to promote the study of Therapeutic Jurisprudence.
This course will provide an advanced study of Therapeutic Jurisprudence (the study of the role of the law as a potential therapeutic agent), its origin and development, and its reach into the world of practice. While various areas of law will be explored (general legal counseling, family law, torts etc), the focus will be on how Therapeutic Jurisprudence enriches our thinking about judging and practice in criminal law, juvenile law, corrections, and re-entry from prison into.
LLM Master of Laws
Specialist Pathways Available:
- LLM Intellectual Property Law
- LLM International Commercial Law
- LLM International Human Rights Law
Programme Structure
Programmes are structured in stages. The number of stages is based on part-time as majority of the candidates will be professionals who will be occupied with work during the weekdays. So the programme is designed to be held on Weekends specifically on Sundays via online once a week, based on the convenience of the candidates. The duration is of 1 year of study which will be detailed in the Programme Handbook.
Modules are set at a specific academic level and listed as either core (compulsory) or optional. The level indicates the relative academic difficulty which will increase through the programme. Passing modules will reward you with academic credit. The amount of credits will depend on the complexity of the module and the level of effort required, which is measured in ‘notional learning hours’.
Please note: Not all option modules will necessarily be offered in any one year. Other option modules may also be introduced at a later stage enabling the programme to respond to sector developments.
Students applying for this course must have one of the following:
- Attorney-at-Law/ first degree in at a minimum of 2:2, or an overseas qualification which is equivalent to a UK Honours degree, minimum 2:2
- A Postgraduate Diploma in Law, or other international equivalent for direct entry to the Top-Up mode.
- Other applicants may be accepted to study this programme on the basis of their qualifications and their professional experience, an interview may be required.
Constitutional Law –Course Objectives
articipants will demonstrate the following skills through the successful completion of all required coursework and assignments:
- Explain the general provisions and principles of the U.S. Constitution
- Discuss judicial review and its limitations
- Identify the elements of federal jurisdiction
- Examine the scope of national congressional power in commerce, taxing, and spending
- Discuss intergovernmental immunities
- Explain the scope of state power
- Describe the scope of executive power in domestic and foreign arenas
- Explain the substantive due process
- Discuss the procedural due process
- Examine the difference between the traditional approach to equal protection and the new approach to equal protection
- Identify the criteria for determining what groups are entitled to equal protection
- Explain the fundamental rights underlying equal protection
- Discuss the rationale behind the protection of speech
- Examine the essential provisions of the doctrine of free speech
- Discuss how the clear and present danger doctrine relates to freedom of expression
- Identify what standards determine whether a form of symbolic conduct is protected by the First Amendment
- Discuss the basics of the freedom of association and belief
- Explain how the doctrine of freedom of expression applies to the local forum, commercial speech, defamation, obscenity, freedom of the press, and political speech.
- Explain the establishment clause
- Discuss how the establishment clause pertains to public aid to religion
- Discuss how the establishment clause pertains to religion in schools and establishment outside of schools
- Examine the concept of the free exercise of religion
- Discuss the state action doctrine
- Discuss the power of Congress to enforce the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments
International Law
- The Emergence of International Law, Early European Authors, The Nation-State System, The Enforcement of International Law, The Effectiveness of International Law, The Weakness of International Law, The Juridical Basis of International law, The Future of International law and Material Sources of International Law.
- Article 38 of the Statute of International Court of Justice, Primary Sources of International Law, Subsidiary Sources of International Law, International Soft Law
- Personality and Statehood in International Law, The Subjects of International Law, Recognition of State and Government in International Law, Recognition of State and Government in National Law.
- The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
- Negotiation, Mediation and Good Offices, Inquiry, Settlement by the United Nations, Conciliation, Arbitration, The International Court of Justice.
- International and Non-International Armed Conflicts, Non-International Armed Conflict, ‘Combatant’ and ‘Protected Persons’, Protection of Wounded, Sick and Ship-Wrecked Persons, POWs, Civilians, Limitations on the Conduct of War, Limits on the Choice of Methods and Means of Warfare.
- The Law before the UN Charter, The Law after the Charter, The Collective Use of Force, The Right of Self-Defence.
